NY ranked 43rd for hospital safety

Only 14 of its 139 rated hospitals, or 10 percent, received an “A,” ranking New York 43rd among the 50 states and the District of Columbia.

Twenty hospitals scored “B,” 80 scored “C,” 23 scored “D,” and there were two “Fs” – for the state-operated SUNY Downstate Medical Center in Brooklyn, and for the city-owned Flushing Hospital Medical Center in Queens.

The statewide average, which was just above “C,” was virtually unchanged from last spring’s report, with 30 hospitals receiving higher grades, and 29 scoring lower.

Leapfrog is a coalition of major employers and other healthcare payers focused on reducing medical mistakes, which are estimated to kill hundreds of thousands of patients each year, making them a leading cause of death in the United States.

The grades in the group’s semiannual reports on hospital safety are based on 30 measures, including the rates of preventable infections, bedsores, and surgery errors, surveys of patients, and analysis of procedures and policies.

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